Updates from Tesco, Babcock and BSkyB

Just an 11.4 point climb for the FTSE 100 on Friday, ending at 6,749.4. Shire was the biggest gainer, up 3.95% to 4996p following its £32bn takeover agreement with AbbVie. ITV climbed 3.79% to 202.50p. British Land was also up, 2.43%, at 718p. Engineer GKN though fell 1.61% to 348.6p.

Stateside, the Dow Jones re-crossed the 17,000 threshold to 17,100.1, up 123 points following a raft of stronger earnings despite wider grim international news. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%